Experimental Study of Developing Creativity of University Students

One of the major challenges of modern higher education is development of students’ creativity. Diagnostics of creativity and mental processes associated with it, creativity development are particularly important.Questions that were investigated: creativity levels of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University students; predominant type of motivation in respondents’ activity, creativity development techniques.Purpose of the Study is to diagnose levels of development of creativity and the dominant motivation type in activity of students of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, to work out recommendations on developing creative educational environment at a tertiary education institution.Research Methods include critical analysis, simulation, and systematization of fundamentals of creativity. Practical methods are qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis of the research results. Psychological methods include the test «Creativity» by N. Vishnyakova and the questionnaire of A.A.Rean «Motivation for success and fear of failure» (MFSFF), mathematical statistical method of processing material.There is correlation between the level of creativity and the predominant motivation in the activities of an individual. In the majority of respondents discrepancy between their actual creativity level and the ideal representation of their creativity was discovered, it indicates the willingness of the participants to improve their creative skills. There is correlation between the creativity level and emotionality (emotional intelligence quotient).The obtained results can be used in individual and group psychological work with students (for developing creative portraits of a person, in psychological training programs, educational workshops, for designing elective courses). The need to develop and apply psychoeducational program aimed at removing barriers to individual creativity (cognitive and behavioral stereotypes) during the period of study at the University is identified.The project was funded by grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan #1763/GF4 “Development of students’ creativity as a factor of enhancing intellectual potential of Kazakhstan”.